Walking to work

Walking to work

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This task is about showing time.
 
Mrs Stone decides to walk to work to keep fit.
 
a) She leaves home at a quarter past seven. Draw this time on the clock face below.


 
b) She arrives at work at five minutes to eight. Draw this time on the clock face below.


 
c) How long does it take her to walk to work? __________ minutes
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement
Keywords: 
analogue time, duration
Description of task: 
Students show given times on an analogue clock, and answer a question about difference in time.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' understanding of duration of of events and reading a scale for the Measurement objectives.
 
Answers/responses: 
  

Y6 (11/1997)
a) very easy
b) easy
c) 40 minutes easy
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common error Likely calculation Likely reason
a), b)

a), b)

     Draws hour and minutes hand of equal
lengths.
Points hour hand directly to the hour.
c) 20 min
45 min
50 min		 8:15 - 7:55
8:00 - 7:15
8:05 - 7:15		 Works out time difference anti-clockwise.
Works out time from 7:15 till 8:00 a.m.
Treats five to eight as five past eight in the calculation.